Gas-meter connection.



M. A. GORBBTT.

GAS METER CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1910. 1 036,076, Patented Aug. 20, 1912 W e m b & W C M: 4 D will: a 4 W a b .w 6 M 5 j m E 'MICHAEL A. boRBETT oF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

GAS-METER CONNECTION.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL A. CoRBnTT,

fa citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, "in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Meter Connections, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in w-y of Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a plan view,-partly. in section of the assembled device, Fig. 4 is,

a plan view ments.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the drawings.

The inventioncomprises substantially two separate, independently cooperative parts A of one of the cooperative. ele- "and B, formed with reducing sockets at their outer extremities when assembled, and having two identical interengaging lapping tongues and is adapted for use on any gas meter of the usual construction for'thepur-' pose of establishing connection. through the meter between the street main and the house.

The reducing socket G is essentially a cap with standard female threadedconnection at end and side. The socketD comprises a thimble disposed at right angles to and formed with the shank B, with male and female threaded connections.

Each of the twin members A and B consists of a shank B formed at one extremity into a rectangular tongue A of reduced width. The shank is slotted at E to-receive a bolt F secured by a nut G and clamps the tongue of the twin member which it is adapted slidably to receive. An oblong rectangular slot K, disposed at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the tongue receives the bolt F to cooperate with the oppositely disposed slot E in the twin member.

In'practice my invention is operated as follows: The twin members A and B properly connected by bolts passing through their respective slots as described,- are applied to the meter and secured thereto by suitable unions. L. The cap C is fitted to the main and the thimble D to the house Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 12 1910. Serial No. 560,814.

Patented Au 20, 1912.

connections by suitable unions L. The meter inlet and outlet pipes being rarely in a true vertical position, difficulty has been experienced in'producing a meter connection sufiiciently firm and sulficiently adj ust able to meet the requirements of various meters. In my invention, thedistance between the inlet and outlet pipes is spanned by extending the interlocking twin members B along the slots E and any variation in parallelism in the pipes is taken up by the slot K, sufficient looseness of engagement between the tongue A and the slot K having been permitted in their construction;

Having thus fully described my' invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is-

l. A connecting device for gas meters comprising two members adapted respectively to be connected to the inletand outlet pipes of the meter, one of said members havin a channel extending longitudinally thereof, the other of said members having a tongue adapted to lie within said channel, connections between said members con-, 'structed to permit relatively longitudinal and relatively vertical adjustment thereof. 1

2. A connecting device for meters comprising a shank formed with a threaded cap and having a channeled recess, and a slotextending longitudinally of the recess, a rectangular tongue formed with the shank and having a transverse slot in the extremity thereof, a twin member interlocking with said tongue, a threaded reducing thimble formed at right angles to the last mentioned member, and unions for connecting the cap and thimble to the gas pipes. I

3QA connecting device for meters comprising twin members in combination, a J

threaded thimble connection on-one of said members, and a cap connection on the other members constructed vto permit relatively vertical and relatively longitudinal adjustment. i

4. A connecting device for meters comprising a shank having a channel therein,

and a longitudinal slot therethrough midway of the channel, a tongue of equal length with the shank and of reduced Width, said tongue having a slot near the end thereof at right angles to the longitudinal axis, a twin member interlocking with saitongue means for assembling the twin members in, interlocking position, and threaded pipe connections integral with the free ends of the respective shanks adaptedto transmit gas through the meter to a house. I A connecting device for meters com- I prising twin members adapted respectively to be connected to the inlet and outlet pipes of a meter, said members being connected by a connection adjustable. to place said members either in alinement or in relatively tilted.- positions and out of alinenient. I

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

V MICHAEL A. CORBETT.

Witnesses: i

E. B. MAURER,

L. PHELPS. 

